4 Wounded In San Francisco Shootings

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Four people were hospitalized and four others were arrested Thursday in San Francisco in connection with two separate shooting incidents, police said.

The first happened around 6:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Larch Street.

According to police, the victim was buying drugs when a suspect in a vehicle shot him. The suspect vehicle then fled. The victim, a 29-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, police said.

Investigators weren't able to locate the shooter. They were, however, able to recover spent shell casings, police said.

Officers then responded to a different shooting around 11:05 p.m. in the 100 block of Otis Street. There, an altercation between two groups of people in separate vehicles resulted in a vehicle collision and shooting.

Two people were taken to the hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening in connection with the shooting. A third person was also taken to the hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening connected to the collision, police said.

Police arrested four male suspects in connection with that shooting; a 23-year-old, a 20-year-old, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, according to police. Police didn't release the names of the men arrested.

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